[Wikimediaindia-l] Call for participation in IEEE P1908.1 Virtual Keyboard Standard development for Indic languages

[Arjuna Rao Chavala]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.ghoda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Arjuna, while I don't really understand what is the ultimate aim, I
> sincerely hope that this will result in Indic support across mobile
> devices.
>

Indic support from rendering and input method point of view is currently
available on some mobile devices. Some virtual keyboards are using phonetic
approach which use English keyboard. Some others are following an adhoc
modification to INSCRIPT. There are some vendors with  patented solutions
for 12 key interface. But there is no standard of virtual keyboard  for
touch interface, which makes it easy even for a class 1 student of indic
language to type his name for example. This initiative is aimed at bridging
that gap.  Once the standard is approved,  indic support in a standardized
way should be available on most smart phones and tablets. Since it will be
packaged as mobile app, it can be deployed on even older version of smart
phones with touch interface.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Arjun


>
> On 12/12/2011, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm a bit confused Arjuna, is the study over or yet to begin?
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Ashwin Baindur
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala
> > <arjunaraoc at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Friends,
> >>
> >> Indic languages have an opportunity to gain their rightful place in the
> >> computing and communications world on par with English or other
> languages,
> >> with the availability of smart phones and tablet computers with touch
> user
> >> interface  at lower price points.
> >>
> >> I have been involved in leading a study group on this topic for the last
> >> one year to develop  the project proposal for virtual  keyboard
> standard.
> >> I
> >> am glad to report that the project for development of standard has been
> >> approved by IEEE-SA  on Dec 8, 2011.
> >>
> >> More details on this initiative are available at
> >> https://mentor.ieee.org/stds-india/bp/Indic_Virtual_Keyboards
> >>
> >> I seek your support and participation in  this initiative.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Arjuna Rao Chavala
> >> WG Chair, P1908.1 Virtual keyboard standard for Indic languages
> >> Twitter id: @arjunaraoc <http://twitter.com/#%21/arjunaraoc>
> >>
> >>
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>
> Regards,
> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
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